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Sunday, January 22, 2017

Political Fan-art: Star Wars Edition

I can't get enough of the homemade signs from the Women's March yesterday. I've really missed hand-printed signs since the advent of home printers. Plenty of posters were more high-tech, but I loved seeing that a piece of cardboard and a magic marker still work!

This is my round-up of posters from the march and other political fan-art that draws on (mostly) Star Wars. Be forewarned: contains some pro-Trump art too.

Princess-General Leia appears in the role of unofficial Mother of Us All at anti-Trump marches.Examples.How did everybody know? Was it independent convergent evolution––entirely possible, since not only is she an actual rebel general, but her actor, the very feminist Carrie Fisher, recently died–– or was it like my grade school days, when some girls used to call each other up and agree on wearing matching outfits the next day?

"Due to copyright of the Princes Leia press photo from 1977, I’m
unable to place this poster for sale online. … A Woman’s Place Is In The Resistance … featuring
General/Princess Leia Organa is intended to be a tribute to the life and
legacy of Carrie Fisher. I wanted it to serve as a source of
inspiration to those participating in the women marches across the
country. It’s amazing to see
how much joy this has brought people!"

And here, below, is our president as the Death Star in Star Wars. HARSH!

Btw, I only found one Star Trek poster, but it's a good one:in London, Ian McKellan carried a poster of his friend Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, facepalming. (It's an old meme.)

So... I got wondering if pro-Trump fan-art exists.I found various photoshops of Trump Triumphant that aren't fanart. I love this one--I can really get behind its message: "Photoshop is hard, guys!"

I didn't find a much pro-Trump fan art based on popular media... But then, I think fandom expresses
its political views in the more immediate form of memes of photos of-the-moment (with or without words), like Michelle Obama's side-eye at the inauguration next to Jim Halpert, from the Office Scenes' Twitter:

If you want a megalomaniac who is going to decimate the nation's youth and bankrupt its economy you could do worse than Napoleon. Heck, the French still love him, right? Well, some do.It's really much easier to find anti-Trump fan art. Here's another Star Wars one (wow):Trump as Jabba the Hut with Mexican artist Frida Kahlo taking the place of Princess Leia as his chained slave:

But, "Rebellions are built on hope," according to Star Wars Rogue One.So let's end on a happy, hopeful note:This isn't fanart, but these collaged lady-bits prints by artist Ashley Longshore are so pretty & fun!

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